PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (21-37) vs ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (26-32) Friday, June 9, 2017 – Busch Stadium – 7:15 p.m. EDT – Game 59; Road 33 RHP Jeremy Hellickson (5-3, 4.50) vs Michael Wacha (2-3, 4.67) • LAST NIGHT’S ACTION: The Phillies lost to the Atlanta Braves, 3-1, at SunTrust Park in Atlanta … Starter Ben Lively (L, 1-1) tossed 7.0 innings and allowed 3 runs on 9 hits with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts PHILLIES PHACTS … Braves starter R.A. Dickey kept the Phils offense quiet for most of the night, allowing only 3 baserunners in 7.0 innings of work … Maikel Franco plated the Phillies only run on an RBI-single that Record: 21-37 (.362) Home: 12-14 scored Odubel Herrera. Road: 9-23 Current Streak: Lost 2 • TRANSACTIONS: Prior to tonight’s game, the Phillies traded infielder Taylor Featherston to the Tampa Last 5 Games: 3-2 Bay Rays for cash considerations. Last 10 Games: 4-6 Series Record: 5-13-1 • CENTER OF ATTENTION: Phillies centerfielder Odubel Herrera continued his torrid stretch at the Sweeps/Swept: 2/5 plate with another double last night, giving him 12 extra-base hits (10 2B, 2 HR) over his last six games (6/3-current) … Herrera leads the majors with 12 XBH this month, five clear of OAK’ Ryon Healy, who PHILLIES VS. CARDINALS has seven … Each of Herrera’s last 12 hits have gone for extra bases, making him the first Phillie in the 2016 Record: 2-5 modern era with 12 consecutive hits for extra bases and the first major league player to do so since 2016 at Home: 1-2 OAK’s Brandon Moss in May of 2014… The last big leaguer with 13 straight XBH was CHI’s Jim Edmonds 2016 at STL: 1-3 in 2008 … In addition, Herrera has a double in six consecutive games (6/3-current) which is tied for the All-Time Record: 961-1224 longest streak by a Phillie since 1913 (others: Bobby Abreu, 6/23-29/00 & Heinie Sand, 5/12-18/25) … All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 21-21 Herrera now has 22 doubles in only 231 plate appearances this season, eclipsing his total of 21 from All-Time at Busch Stadium: 22-23 last year in 656 plate appearances … Moreover, Herrera’s 10 doubles this month are only four shy of the Current Streak: Lost 1 club’s modern day record for June (Pinky Whitney, 14 2B in 1931) and eight shy of the club’s record (since 1900) for doubles in a single month (Chuck Klein, 18 2B in July of 1930) … Finally, Herrera’s PHILLIES ON ROAD recent power surge since the start of June has raised his slugging percentage 93 percentage points from Games Played: 32 .326 to .419 and his OPS 120 points from .589 to .709 heading into tonight’s game. Record: 9-23 (.281) • ROTATION REBOUND: Over the last three games, Phillies starters have combined to throw 20.0 AVG/OBP/SLG: .232/.291/.375 innings which is the most by the rotation over a three-game stretch this season, and the most since Runs/Runs Per Game: 118/3.69 Home Runs: 29 another 20.0-inning stretch, September 15-17, 2016 … Aaron Nola (8.0 IP on 6/6), Jerad Eickhoff (5.0 Stolen Bases: 14 IP on 6/7) and Ben Lively (7.0 IP on 6/8) have combined to post a 3.15 ERA (7 ER) over the last three games while holding opponents to a .243 AVG (18-74) and .633 OPS … In addition, the rotation has ERA: 4.93 allowed 3 ER or fewer in each of their last six games which is the longest streak since September 29, Starters W-L: 7-14 2016 to April 5, 2017 (also 6). Starters ERA: 4.63 Relievers W-L: 2-9 • ARCH ENEMY: The Phillies are looking for their first series win against the Cardinals since August 22- Relievers ERA: 5.45 24, 2014 at Citizens Bank Park (2-1) ... In their previous four series versus St. Louis (all losses), the Saves/Opp: 5/11 Phillies went 4-10 in 14 games and were outscored 84-43 (-41, -2.93 RPG) … Philadelphia has not won a series at Busch Stadium since May 24-27, 2012 (3-1), having gone 0-3-1 in their last four series in St. PHILLIES AT A GLANCE Louis (2013-current) … Over the last 12 seasons (since 2006), the Cardinals and Phillies have the 1st April: 11-12 Monday: 3-3 and 3rd best winning percentages, respectively, among all National League clubs (STL .544; PHI .511). May: 6-22 Tuesday: 2-6 June: 4-3 Wednesday: 1-9 July: 0-0 Thursday: 3-4 • GLOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: As a team, the Phillies have a .985 fielding percentage (32 E, 2,090 TC) Aug: 0-0 Friday: 2-6 which ranks 5th-best among all National League clubs and 9th-best in the majors … Individually, Odubel Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 5-4 Herrera is tied with ATL’ Ender Inciarte as the most valuable defensive player in baseball, going by Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 5-5 FanGraphs all-encompassing defensive metric at 9.2 runs above average … Among all qualified National League outfielders, Herrera ranks T-2nd with six defensive runs saved (also: ATL’s Inciarte, MIA’s Ozuna vs East: 14-16 Day: 11-12 & LAD’s Puig), trailing only CHI’s Jayson Heyward (8). vs Cent: 4-9 Night: 10-25 st vs West: 3-7 1 Half: 21-37 nd • ROAD WOES: The Phillies have lost 32 of their last 42 road games dating back to September 9, 2016, vs AL: 0-5 2 Half: 0-0 having been outscored 238-157 in that span (-81) … After splitting a four-game series with Atlanta at SunTrust Park, the Phillies are now 0-6-1 in their last seven series away from Citizens Bank Park, with INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS their last road series win coming on April 18-20 against the Mets in New York. *Manager’s challenges, since 2014 PHI All-Time Challenges: 129 • WHAT A RELIEF: The Phillies bullpen triumvirate of Hector Neris (3 ER, 13.2 IP), Pat Neshek (2 Overturned: 69 ER, 14.1 IP) and Edubray Ramos (4 ER, 18.0 IP) have combined for a 1.76 ERA (9 ER, 46.0 IP) with Success Rate: 53.4% 49 strikeouts over the team’s last 36 games (4/30-current). 2017 Challenges: 13 Overturned: 7 • DRAFT TIME: We are just a few days away from the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Success Rate: 53.8% Draft which begins Monday at 7:00 EDT … The Phillies hold the eighth overall pick in the draft … Last year, the Phillies had the No. 1 overall pick for just the second time ever (other was 1998, Pat Burrell) Last Challenge: 6/8 at ATL and selected outfielder Mickey Moniak from La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad, CA … Moniak, just Situation: B2, 2 out, R1 19 years of age, is currently ranked as the second-best prospect in the Phillies minor league system and Result: The Replay Official definitively th the 14 -best prospect in baseball according to MLB.com. determined that the ball contacted the interior of the fielder's glove prior to the • DOWN ON THE FARM: According to MLBFarm.com, the Phillies minor league system has a .583 batter-runner's foot touching first base. winning percentage this season, tops of any farm system in baseball (next: NYY, .561 win %) … The The call is OVERTURNED, the batter- Lehigh Valley IronPigs currently sport a 41-19 record (.683), have won 27 of their last 33 games and runner is out. are 6.5 games in front for first … The Reading Fightins are 31-25 (.554) and find themselves 5.0 games out of first place … The Clearwater Threshers are in first place with a 34-26 record (.567) and the Lakewood BlueClaws are only 1.5 games out of the top spot in their division with a 33-27 record (.550). PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY… Score First: 9-14 Lead After 6: 14-4 Lead After 7: 13-1 Lead After 8: 16-1 Out-Hit Opp: 18-4 Last AB Decisions: 8-8 Opp. Score First: 12-22 Tied After 6: 3-4 Tied After 7: 5-5 Tied After 8: 4-5 Hits equal: 0-3 Walk-off Decisions: 5-5 Score 4 or more: 18-15 Trail After 6: 4-28 Trail After 7: 3-30 Trail After 8: 1-30 Out-Hit by Opp: 3-29 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 6-6 Score 3 or fewer: 3-21 Hit no HR: 4-16 Starter goes 6.0 IP 3-9 Hit at least 1 HR: 17-20 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 12-20 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Saturday, June 10 at STL 2:15 EDT RHP Nick Pivetta (1-2, 5.18) vs RHP Carlos Martinez (4-5, 3.29) CSN Sunday, June 11 at STL 2:15 EDT RHP Aaron Nola (3-3, 4.28) vs RHP Adam Wainwright (6-4, 4.82) CSN Monday, June 12 at BOS 7:10 EDT RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-7, 5.15 ERA) vs TBA CSN Tuesday, June 13 at BOS 7:10 EDT RHP Ben Lively (1-1, 2.57) vs TBA CSN 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTER PAGE 2 JEREMY HELLICKSON RHP #58 HELLICKSON – 2017 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Age: 30 (born: 4/8/87) 2017: 5-3, 4.50 ERA Career: 66-61, 3.93 ERA 4/3 at CIN W, 4-3 5.0 6 1 1 0 1 1 1.80 4/9 vs WSH ND, W, 4-3 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.90 LAST START: 6/4 vs SF: ND, 5.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO, 2 HR … 4/15 at WSH W, 4-2 7.0 4 2 2 1 1 2 1.59 Hellickson vs Moore … The Phillies cranked a season-best four home runs (Galvis 4/21 vs ATL W, 4-3 7.0 3 2 2 1 0 5 1.88 2x, Herrera, Franco) and the back end of the bullpen shut down any Giants 4/27 vs MIA W, 3-2 6.0 7 1 1 0 0 1 1.80 comeback as Luis Garcia (0.2 IP), Pat Neshek (1.0 IP) and Hector Neris (SV, 1.0 APRIL 4-0 30.0 21 6 6 2 3 11 1.80 IP) all made scoreless appearances in relief of Hellickson.